Search Result:starter
Overview of noun starter
The noun starter has 7 senses
- starter, starter motor, starting motor -- (an electric motor for starting an engine)
- starter -- (a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning)
- starter, dispatcher -- (the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition)
- newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant -- (any new participant in some activity)
- appetizer, appetiser, starter -- (food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course))
- crank, starter -- (a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle)
- starter -- (a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter")